Kostamojen

Water pumps are all over the place, as are the gaskets. Try Ebay.

More good news! I've got transportation all set up to take the car to the blaster this saturday and an appointment

Breaking News: The FF-1 Project car will be on this months episode of PRoN! Here is a Trailer: The full episode will be out July 28th!!!

PMed you. BTW, the strut part numbers are Active, but un-orderable Probably most of the parts will be like this, however I did find that the strut bushings are availible and in stock, as are possibly some steering rack boots. Ill order some and see how it works (I ordered some trailing rod boots, since they are apparently the same as later model boots and in stock)

Well, I have discovered that the part number for the front strut is still active... The rears are inactive, so its odd that the fronts are still active. Ill try ordering it here at work and see what happens. If anyone has any other FF-1 part numbers, let me know, ill try and order them too (unless they are insanely expensive, like the gears and such...)

There is a good thread here in the Historic section about rear FWD struts, which are basically the same as these. I found some of the availible struts out there using that thread, but not for the fronts yet.

Here are the bushings I'm talking about, along with the specifications... Now here are the struts. I already have replacements for the rears that will work, but ya, the fronts are quite a bit shorter... But I have a part number, and measurements.

I did a bit of organizing today, separated out the parts I want to have powder coated, and other parts i'm going to use some Por-15 on. Here are most of the parts for powder coating: BTW, anyone have any tips on dismantling hinges? I've got the two main door hinges that need to come apart, but the rods holding the pieces together don't want to come out (the other two hinges came apart just fine for reference).

Sounds good. I didnt measure the bushings yet, but I'll do that ASAP and get back to you.

Alright, I might have made some progress on transportation, my uncle volunteered his truck and trailer. I'm still waiting for an appointment with the blaster, so in the mean time I started working on what I need to do to put the suspension back together (since that will probably be the first thing to go back on the car). I picked up that set of Tokico rear shocks (model 2282) for a mid-70's FWD scoob, and they will probably work fine. However, i'm still looking for fronts. The problem with the front shocks is that the length and stroke #'s are quite a bit different, I could forseably use rears if neccessary, but the length might cause suspension geometry problems: I've found several reference documents online to help figure out which company has which shocks and which shocks compared to which company (IE KYB p#'s vs. Monroe vs. Tokico, etc.) which has helped a little, and might be useful for other folks here when they go to look for shocks. But I havent found much in the way of a way of looking up shocks via stroke/length/etc., I could use some help with that if anyone has any skill in that department... Plus, I also need a couple new suspension bushings (some were damaged/in poor shape, others were ok). I do know a couple bushings may be shared with other 70's Japanese cars, like Datsun 510's, but some are completely unique. I think these might work for my car, but i'm not certain, I might try them out: http://www.sfxperformance.com/parts/ENE73107G.htm I did find an interesting .pdf online from some company in Thailand called "PACLOS" that aparent makes some aftermarket Subaru bushings: http://www.paclosasia.com/rbi_catalog/subaru.pdf If anyone can figure out how to order from them, I think I want to try and get that engine mount plus those boots and bushings for the "1100" model (IE FF-1). I'll take some pics of the other bushings I need to replace, which will probably need to be custom made...

Alright guys, i'm having a little trouble figuring out how to transport the car... I will need to take the car to the blaster, back to the body shop, then back home, then to a paint shop, then back again, then to a radiator shop eventually, perhaps somewhere else for a roll cage in between, don't know for sure but several times. That means renting a Uhaul type truck could get expensive over time ($30 a day plus $1.09 a mile ). So i'm looking into say renting a trailer, but I don't have a big truck to use (Just my Impreza, which can only tow 1500 lbs, and access to a Forester XT which can do 2400lbs but I need to buy a tow hitch for either one). And in this case, I would need to find a trailer that weighs very little yet needs to be ~5' wide by at least 9' long (to accommodate the wheel base... The chassis is physically 5' wide, but the jack points along the bottom are about 4.2; from side to side. The wheel base is ~9' but the whole car is 12.5' long, however the jack points are about 6' from front to back). Most rental places don't seem to have utility trailers that small AND flat, most tend to be 4'x8' and everything else is like a class 2 or 3 trailer. Buying a trailer is an option, but is expensive and I don't have much room... The "folding" trailers like from harbor freight are slightly too narrow (only 4') and have fenders/wheels in the way of making them wider. Plus, there's the biggest issue which is that I work Monday-Friday and have to request days off 2 weeks in advance and even then might not get the day off. PLUS at this point, I need at least two people to help lift the car to load it (unless someone knows of a good dolly type system I could use?) and if I do rent something it would have to be on a weekday since none of these shops are open on weekends and everyone works on weekdays same as I do... So, any suggestions???

Awesome! Thats a great motor too

Hmm. Well, the diameter of the bearings on the side where the selector housing connects to are the same diameter. But you can see in the 5th picture I posted that the width of those bearings are quite different (however, there doesn't seem to be a issue with interference or anything due to the larger bearing). I'm thinking I might try to use the final drive gear from the '83 at the very least, perhaps find out of the part numbers for the final drive are similar to other 3.7 final drive FWD 4-speeds, that might help indicate specific differences between the years better). I might end up having to use the original gearing if all else fails Maybe somewhere out there is a 1300 FF-1 gearbox???

The 5-speed and 4WD routes are basically out of the picture. I do notice there seems to be a difference between the 1100's and 1300's in the service manual, but I can't tell what the differences are for the actual bearing sizes and such. You don't have any pictures of any of them do you? I think I need to find a 1400 or other late 70's FWD box to see what the differences are. I do believe this "last-gen" 4-speed FWD box I got has too many small differences to be useable. But i'm asking the technicians here at work who have experience with the old school transmissions what they think.

On second though, after closely comparing the internals of a 1983 4-speed and the FF-1's 1970 4-speed, I might need to find a 4-speed from a late 70's car like this one instead to see how compatible the internals are... Any chance of getting the transmission from this one?

So I did a thorough comparison of the 1983 4-speed FWD transmission I found versus the original FF-1 transmission. There are several differences between the two, however only a couple of which I see as being an issue. The biggest issue I see is the shaft that drives the differential and the center bearing difference between the two. The other center bearing on the long shaft might well be swapable, but the other one I don't think will work due to the larger gear at the end of the shaft on the 1983 version. Take a look, lets see what you guys think... I'm thinking I need a late 70's FWD 4-speed so I can see if those internals are more similar to the FF-1's...

Good news! I found a local shop willing to do the bodywork They did recommend to have it blasted first, and take it to them for the body work. The paint work will probably be done elsewhere (since the place that does the bodywork tends to do $30,000 paint jobs :-p ) The bad news is due to the heavy smoke here in California right now, its VERY unhealthy to be outside, so I can't do anything with the car right now (I still have a couple little bits to do on the chassis). But after thats done, i'm calling up the blaster and setting up an appointment so I can take a day off to take the car there

Are those FF-1's JDM imports or South American specific models? I sooo want those disc front brakes from the "Sports" models for my FF-1...

FYI, I found a 1983 FWD 4-speed i'm going to try and use the gears from for the FF-1's case. Not 100% sure its going to work yet, it will require swaping a bearing or two around, perhaps more.

When I had my 78 wagon, I lucked out and found a perfect condition radiator at a pick n pull... However, IIRC, some of the early 80's radiators are compatible with the 70's chassis, but i'm not 100% (I just vaguely remember reading something here on USMB about it)

Well I lucked out, found a '83 FWD 4-speed at the Carson City Pick n' Pull Its got better gearing than that 77

I'm going yarding this weekend, ill see what I see then... But yes, I might seriously be interested in that transmission. It has the taller gearing and possible internal compatibility i'm looking for to use in the FF-1. I'll let you know sunday or monday if I don't find anything around these parts.

Needs a pretty new starter too

Transmission still intact?